Ag Excellence News and Updates

Fodder species to fill the feed gap

April 2, 2013

Mick Faulkner from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses feed gaps for livestock that occur throughout the year. He explains how the Mid North High Rainfall Zone group is trialing a…

Canopy Management in Wheat

April 2, 2013

Jeff Braun from AgriLink Agricultural Consultants discuses trial work with canopy management in wheat. The trial work is examining a number of wheat varieties with a range of maturities…

Survey of Legume Growers

March 22, 2013

The Nitrogen Fixation Program, through the University of Adelaide & SARDI are conducting a survey of legume growers about inoculation & N fixing.  to provide information for this program,…

Lower Eyre Peninsula Expo

March 22, 2013

More than 80 people attended the annual Lower Eyre Peninsula Expo held on Thursday the 21st of March.  Farmers made up 75% of the audience. Held at the Ungarra…

Using Electromagnetic Soil Mapping in Precision Agriculture

March 17, 2013

Peter Treloar talks about electro-magnetic soil mapping in precision agriculture.

Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Crop Sensors

March 17, 2013

Precision Ag – Leighton Wilksch talks about Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), and Sam Trengove talks about crop sensors.

Using Site Specific Crop Management for Precision Ag

March 17, 2013

Leighton Wilksch talks about Precision Ag Management, using site specific crop management (SSCM).

Facts About Native Bees in Australia

March 15, 2013

Katja Hogendoorn, from the University of Adelaide, discuses native bees in Australia and their importance for our natural environment. Native bees have co-evolved with native plants for millions of years…

Native bees in cropping systems

March 15, 2013

Katja Hogendoorn, from the University of Adelaide, discusses native bees in broad acre cropping systems. There are several native bee species that will pollinate crops. Yield increases can be…

No Till Following Pastures

March 12, 2013

Chris McDonough, from Rural Solutions SA, speaks about many of the key messages, benefits and results which have been discovered following the project investigating No-till cropping following pastures.